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V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOWARD 'L. QUICK, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

0 APPARATUS FOR DYEING FABRICS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patflted'Aug, 22, 1916,

Original application filed January 7, 1914, Serial No. 810,757. Divided and this application filed July 30,

' 1914. Serial No. 354,026. t

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD L. Qu on, a'citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful- Apparatus for Dyeing Fabrics, of which the following is a specification.

This application is a division of my Patent Number.1,131,270 of March 9,1915, filed on the 7th day of January, 1914, Serial Number 810,757.

My invention relates to an apparatus for treating fabrics.

My invention is especially advantageous in the processes of mercerizing, stripping or boiling ofi', bleaching, dyeing, finishing, weighting silks, and treating woolen goods. It is, in fact, advantageous wherever a large quantity of fabric is to betreated at a time by the action of a liquor; especially where .several successive treatments are required;

and wherever the action of the liquor must be substantially uniform-upon all parts of the fabric. 7 I

The objects of my invention are, to save time and expense andto produce uniform results.

Heretofore ,ithas been customary in treat ing fabrics, especially in dyeing, bleaching and similar. processes, to mount a large roll of fabric upon the beam of a jigger, reel the fabric upon another beam, passing the fabric through a suitable liquor; and to jigthe fabric back and forth by winding it from one beam upon the other, all the time passing the fabric" through the liquor. 'Eachstep in the process required that the whole piece of fabric (generally about 5000 yards) be jigged back andforth from one beam to the other. If, for instancein dyeing, it was necessary to subject the fabric to liquors of two or more diiferentcolors it was necessary to jig the fabric through each liquor several times; and very often it was necessary to-jig it through water to wash it, between the different dyeing operations. Each time the fabric is jigged from one beam to another considerable time, labor and power are required. For a 5000 yard piece the average time consumed in jigging from one beam to another was about 25 minutes; and each step 1n the process requlred one or more such operations. Furthermore, it was necessary to remove the fabric from the jig and to dry it upon a, separate machine. In addition to the time and labor required for these several operations the fabric was subjected to more or less stress which was unequal. Furthermore, diiferent portions of the whole piece were sometimes unequally aflected by the liquor.

The object of my invention is to avoid many. if not all, of these objections. With my presentinvention it is possible to treat the fabric successively with different liquors without necessarily handling the fabric between treatments.

The broad principle of myinvention resides in providing a machinewherein the fabric wound in a roll upon a suitable support has the liquor introduced therein and forced therethrough by centrifugal force as the roll is rapidly revolved.

In the drawings forming part of this application, Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a cross section thereof, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and showing the cover downor closed and, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the roller and associated parts.

I have shown a very simple and convenient arrangement for carrying out my objects. This consists of 'acasing 1 for inclosing the roll of fabric to prevent the scattering and loss of liquor; and it com-.

prisesa stationary casing I mounted upon suitable standards 2, 3; and of a cover 4 hinged at 5. Outside the casing there is a shaft 6 having-fast and loose pulleys 7, 8, to which power may be applied by means of a belt 9, operated from any suitable source. This shaft is adjustable, lengthwise, in its bearings 10 by means'of a screw 11 operated by the wheel 12. Fixed to the shaft there is a friction disk 13 whichis arranged to act upon a corresponding cone 14 to revolve the shaft 15. The shaft 15 projects through the standard 3 and on one end it is provided with a chuck 16, arranged inside the casing. In the standard 2 there-is journaled a bearing block 17 which carries a sleeve 18, alining with the shaft 15; and on one end thereof is a chuck 19, also arranged inside the casing. The journal block 17 is adjustable in the journal 20 by means of a screw 16 to adapt the device forshells of difierent.

21 operated by the wheel 22. With this arrangement the chuck me1nber'19 may be adjusted toward and from the chuck member lengths.

The shell shown herein consists of a. tu-" bular member 23 having a bore 24, closed at one end 25 and open at .the oppositeend. 26.

One end of the shell has a trunnion 27 for entry into the chu'c'k member 16'; and'thel opposite: end has a trunnion 28 for-entry into thechuck member 19. The latter trunnion has a bore 29 for a purpose which will appear. 7

Throughout the greater portion of its 7 length the shell is perforate or of honeyhaveshown two. such flanges 32 directed at right-angles to the shell. These are carried upon hubs 33 which are adjustable along the shell andare adaptedto be secured thereto, 'in' different positions, by the set screws 34:.

These hubs, 33, extend over portions of. the Shelli so that when moved inwardly from their extreme outer positions, as shown in Fig. 3,'they willeffectively close some of the openings '30. That is, they close the openings not lying withinany particular roll of fabric which is of less length than the maximum for which the machine is designed." The flanges 32 are so made as to prevent the escape of the liquor between the ends of the roll and the flanges, and to thus insure the passage thereof laterally through the roll. 'For'this purpose the flanges are provided with concentric corrugations 324.

To preparethefabricfor treatment it is first wound tightly and evenly upon the shell 23. This may be done in the machine herein shown or it may be done upon any machine adapted to the purpose. In order to obtain proper results the fabric should be wound upon the shell in smooth, even layers.' It should also be wound tightly; and, in some processes, such as mercerizing, the fabriclshould be wound under considerable tension, It' may be here stated that oneimportant advantage of my invention as applied to mercerizing is, that the fabric may be wound under an even tension and, therefore, all parts of the fabric may be subjected to treatment while under equal stress or tension. When the fabric has been properly wound upon the shell the hubs (and theirflan'ges) are moved along the shell'to 'bring, the corrugated surfacesg32l'against the ends of the roll of fabric';fand they are there secured by tightening the screws 34.

.If the fabric has been 'wound inthe machine hereinishown it is readytobe treated; but if-woul d inqa separate machine the shell a 1 and'fabric must be placed in rposition. This may be doneby'placing thetrunnion27 into;

the chuck 1'6; andjby bringing the trunnion 28 into line with the chuck 19'. Thehand wheel 22 is then operated to 'move' the ournal 17, sleeve 18 andchuck 19 until the latter engages the .trunnion281A pipe 36 hav-' ing one end closed and having' ports. 38 arranged at equal distances therealong, is inserted through the sleevel18 and trunnion 28 until it extends the full length of thefabric roll;v This pipe ieed not revolve but may be stationarily held in a standard 39.

The pipe 36 is connected with the source of supply 'of'treating liquor, such for instance, as a tank 40 arranged above the receptacle.

The parts having been arrangedlas, above set. forth, the belt 9 isshipped to the fast pulley8 to start the operation. of the shaft 6. The hand wheel 12 is .now operated to shift jthe shaft 6 and bring the friction drive disk 13 into contact with the cone .14.

When this hasbeen done theshell 23 and throughthe ports 38 of the pipe 36 and will pass through the apertures, of the shell 23, entering the ,.roll of fabric at the interior thereof. i

.The centrifugal force caused by the rapid revolution of the roll will cause the liquor to pass through the fabric and discharge into i the casing 1. The liquor will run to the bottom ofithe-oasing and it may be drawn off through the pipe 41 and raised, as by a purnp, to the tank 40, to be used over again;

The ceiitrifugalaction will cause the liquor to very ap y P s throflgh all portions of the-fabric roll; and, if the fabric hasbeen evenly wound,- the liquor will actmore uniformly thereon than in any methodoftreat merit known to me. 1'

If a dyeing liquor is admitted through the pipe "36 it'will'beforced through all portions of the fabric and will evenly dye it: If two or inore' liquors are required to produce the desired color they are each, in their turn, fed through the pipe 36,.so that they affect the fabric in the desired manner. In the process of mercerizing, a caustic soda solution is fed through the pipe'36 and is driven, by p the centrifugal action, through the fabric.

The 'lat'ter, if Wound. under proper tension,

will be mercerized by the action. If, asis the "case in many of themethods herein enuv merated, it is necessary to wash the fabric between the separate treatments, this may be done Without removing it from the machine. All that is required is to supply water through the pipe 36 when it will be forced through the fabric by the centrifugal action, the same as with the liquors. If, for any reason, the liquor should tend to pass out of the ends of the fabric roll it will erally through the roll of fabric.

The wall of the shell should be rather thick, as shown, in order that the apertures will be of sufficient length to produce the desired result. If these apertures are long they retain sufficient of the liquor at all times to supply it to the fabric as fast as it is forced therethrough. Were these apertures insufficient there would be times when portions of the inner Wall of the fabric roll would be temporarily without liquor and this Would tend to make the process more or less irregular. These apertures not only tend to hold the necessary liquor always in readiness to feed into the fabric, but their defining walls prevent the liquor from splashing freely around in the shell.

By employing the machine herein described it is possible to treat the fabric evenly and with the least injurious effect upon it. It is also possible to carry out the treatment in a much shorter time than heretofore, because the centrifugal action forces the liquor more rapidly through all parts of the fabric than where the latter is simply jigged through a bath.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1.. A machine for treating fabrics, comprising a shell for holding a roll of fabric thereon and consisting of. a tubular body having a bore, and having perforations therethrough, means for admitting liquor into the bore, flanges for closing the ends of the fabric roll, said flanges having grooved surfaces for abutting against the fabric roll, for the purpose set forth, and means for revolving the shell.

2. A machine for treating fabrics, comprising a shell for holding a roll of fabric thereon and consisting of a tubular body having a bore and having perforations therethrough, means for admitting liquid to the bore, flanges for closing the ends of the fabric roll, said flanges having surfaces formed with concentric grooves, said grooved surfaces abutting against the fabric roll, and means for revolving the shell.

Signed at the city, and State of New York, this 19th day of June, 1914.

HOWARD L. QUICK.

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Washington, D. G. 

